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Support the ABC15 2nd Chance Bike Drive

Join ABC15 and Earnhardt Auto Centers to support families in our community. Drop off your used (but working) bikes at Earnhardt Auto Centers 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23. Or donate all month long to provide used bikes, helmets, and related supplies to help low-income families and individuals experiencing homelessness to get to work and school.

2nd Chance Bike Drive

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Get bikes to people in need of reliable transportation

The 2nd Chance Bike Drive is this month with Earnhardt Auto Centers, ABC15 and Audacy Radio!

Bill, a Vincentian volunteer, hands Katherine a food box as her mother, Sandra, fills out a form in the background.

A box of nourishment for hard times

Sandra and her family are thankful for the visits and food they receive from Vincentian volunteers

Michael Hefferman prays in the Oz Chapel

Healing body and soul

In a quiet moment, a shelter resident shows how SVdP heals spirits as much as it heals ives

Jeff Buettner

A heart for helping others

Even after his passing, Jeff Buettner continues to inspire a life of kindness and generosity with his family’s challenge gift to support Valley families in housing crisis

Jennifer Olsen gives a guest the stare-down

Monday Morning Mercy

A moment of radical honesty

Shelter Manager Jennifer Olsen shows a guest mercy with a little bit of firm reassurance about life after the street

Julia Matthies, SVdP's new Associate Chief Program Officer.

Halfway to Housing 2025 goal! Hear from its leader.

SVdP's new Associate Chief Program Officer Julia Matthies talks goal progress and shares insights from her new role

SVdP staff, Cindy Bernardo, holds a young guest.

Once family, always family

A big embrace after a long time apart shows the care of a staffer for the families she serves

Emily Perales

From student to social worker

Case manager Emily Perales got her start in SVdP’s Scholarship Program

A line of guests at SVdP's Phoenix Dining Room await their turn to get ice cream from the Blue Bell Ice Cream refrigerated trailer.

Monday Morning Mercy

A gift of ice cream brings relief to PDR

During record-breaking heat, Blue Bell brings 2,000 servings of ice cream to cool dining room guests

Bringing Hope Home

Veronica Rios

Gracie and James kiss at the Washington shelter

Living in shelter with his dog after being on the street together

The love for his dog kept James on the street until he found SVdP's Washington Street shelter

Behind the Hope

Eliseo Prieto

Follow along as SVdP delivers food every morning

Bringing Hope Home

Jacquana and Oscar

Support the ABC15 2nd Chance Bike Drive

Join ABC15 and Earnhardt Auto Centers to support families in our community. Drop off your used (but working) bikes at Earnhardt Auto Centers 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23. Or donate all month long to provide used bikes, helmets, and related supplies to help low-income families and individuals experiencing homelessness to get to work and school.

Announcements

Calling for help with shelter and homelessness prevention needs this month

X-WING shipping container temporary housing installed at Washington Street shelter

SVdP ups production to 7,000+ meals daily

100 Days of Summer kicks off with 3 big news items!

SVdP opens new "City Center" shelter in downtown Phoenix

Give water to save lives this summer!

Heat relief services across the Valley

Washington St. shelter marks one year of changing lives

Vincentian Connection spring 2023 issue is out!

SVdP breaks ground on 100-bed transitional housing facility for unhoused seniors

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